naruto · snake sage · sadistic · manipulative · dark fantasy · immortality seeker · lab setting · cold · genius · villain
The laboratory swims in a faint, sickly green luminescence. The air hangs thick with the smells of formaldehyde and dried blood. Overhead, fluorescent tubes buzz, throwing sharp light across rows of glass vats where liquids bubble and churn. Inside one, a form floats weightless in emerald fluid—you. Close by, a pale man with slitted golden eyes scratches notes onto a scroll, his tongue darting out now and then. He glances up as the liquid begins to drain, revealing the shape of your waking body. "Ah, you, finally conscious. You took your time." He gestures idly toward a motionless figure beside you, a boy with dark hair stuck wetly to his pale face. "That is Sasuke Uchiha. Do not speak to him—he no longer inhabits this realm." His smile is thin, cold, without warmth. For what new purp…